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A. TODD. FENCE.

Patented July 5, 1881.

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ASAHEL TODD, OF PULTNEYVILLE, NEW YORK.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming 'part of Letters Patent No. 243,815, dated July 5, 1881,

Application filed April 14, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASAHEL TODD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pultneyville, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Fences and I do declare thefollowing to be afull and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 shows the fence complete and in process of construction. Fig. 2 shows a top View of the same with brace-wire attached. Fig. 3 shows the manner of securing the wires to the posts. Fig. 4 shows a transverse section of the same.

Like letters of reference refer to similar parts in the several figures. To enable others to use my invention, Lwill describe the manner of constructing the same.

The posts A A are set in the ground in the usual manner, twelve or fourteen feet apart. The first post should be firmly set, or secured by a brace from the top of the post to a hub in the ground.

K, Fig. 3, is made from round iron about one-fourth of an inch in diameter, and is bent in the shape of an attenuated and inverted letter U, and is placed in that position upon the post under the wires 0 O. The staple J, embracing the wires (3 G, is driven firmly into the post at right angles with the inverted U,

thereby bending the wires (3 O, as shown in Fig. 3. The wires O O, crimped in this manner, cannot be drawn endwise, and, not being forced into the post, are less liable to be weakened by rust. The wires 0 O are securely fastened to the first post, A,'at J and J by means of the inverted U and staple, as described above and shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The other ends of the wires 0 O are twisted into the ring B.

A log-chain should be fastened to a post at P, and with a round turn at B. Tie a rope in the ring B, pass the end through the ring of the log-chain at a, then through the ring B, and again through the ring of the log-chain, which will give a strong purchase upon the wires. After the rope is drawn tight it must be secured by a knot.

The stretcher S, Fig. 5, is a piece of board notched at both ends, of a length corresponding to the distance between J and J, Fig. 1. The stretcher S should now be placed between the wires 0 C and driven toward the ring B, which will bring the wires parallel and produce the necessary tension. Out-the picket b of a proper bevel to fit the post A inside the lower wires, and nail to the post at a. Cross the upper wires 0, then place the picket b between them. Oros's the lower wires and place the picket gbetween the upper andlower wires, lapping onto the picket b at the top. Cross the upper wires and lap the picket h at the bottom, alternately crossing and recrossing the wires 0 G at the top and bottom, forming a brace with each picket woven in. All the pickets in this panel are woven in in the same manner to E, where the brace 0 passes over two spaces without crossing the wires.

From the bottom'of the brace 0 the fence is constructed substantially as before to the next post. The picket E is cut in two, reversed between the uncrossed wires. The bottom portion is first turned up to the brace 0 and nailed. The upper one is placed between the wires, as shown at E, and, when turned down to the place shown by the dotted lines, crosses the wires on each side of it, and holds the picket equally firm with the others. The object of 'this movable picket is for convenience in replacinga defective picket or mending a broken wire, as after this picket is taken out any or all in that panel may be removed and replaced. 1n the second panel, 0, Fig. 1, upright pickets are woven into the third picket, y, where the braces H H are woven in with picket y and nailed to post at a.

Other pickets and other braces are woven in in the same manner to complete the fence of either kind represented bythe two styles in the drawings, Fig. 1, D and 0.

When the whole line of fence is complete twist the brace-wire L, Fig. 2, around the upper wires 0 about two feet from the post, drive a spike on the back side of the post and twist the wire L, Fig. 2, around the spike m, then sway the fence backward and twist the wire L around the wire 0 at D.

I am aware that fences have been made with the upright pickets woven in the manner described, but so constructed are liable to sag. Should a picket be broken it was difficnlt to replace it, and the upper Wires were often short removable pickets, substantially as set broken at the post from being bent by the wind. The brace-pickets b g h and H H sustain the fence and give it lateral strength. The brace- 5 Wire L prevents any movement of the Wires 0 O at the post.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a picket-fence, the combination of the 10 Wires 0, arranged in pairs, the pickets, and the forth.

2. In a picket-fence, the combination of the posts, the wires 0, the bent wire or rod K, and the staple J, substantially as shown.

ASAHEL TODD.

Witnesses:

J. T. HoLLING, S. M. TODD. 

